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Old 08-29-2004, 11:11 PM   #1
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brake upgrade?

Any advice on good pad and shoe upgrade for a 2000+ eclipse ie..name brand and good place on the net to buy from. I appreciate any advice and info!
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Old 08-30-2004, 10:01 AM   #2
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Re: brake upgrade?

shoe?
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Old 08-30-2004, 10:45 AM   #3
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Re: brake upgrade?

I think he means shoe as in brake shoe...ive always heard them as brake pads...than again i could be wrong!!
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Old 08-30-2004, 11:32 AM   #4
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Re: brake upgrade?

yea, Brembo actually makes big brake kits for these cars, if you are lucky you can find it on e-bay, or you will just have to type in the search engine, what ever it is you want, and research prices at different companies that distribute brembo. IMO Brembo is the best around.
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Old 08-30-2004, 11:44 AM   #5
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Re: brake upgrade?

There is Brembo, StopTech, and AEM that all make big brake kits. EBC and Powerslot make slotted and dimpled rotors that are OEM sized. Porterfield makes brake pads as well as EBC. IMO, the EBC Greenstuff are the best pads you can get at the moment for the cheapest.
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Old 08-30-2004, 12:37 PM   #6
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Re: brake upgrade?

doesnt Baer make brake kits for our cars too?
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Old 08-30-2004, 02:03 PM   #7
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Re: brake upgrade?

They do have a kit available, I forgot. The Baer kit uses Corvette brake pads.
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Old 09-08-2004, 09:22 PM   #8
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found good upgrade

I talked with a local performance shop and found that hawk makes really good pads for the front while still utilizing your stock rotors. For the rear he can't afford to upgrade to rotors, he has drums in the rear, Raybestos has a street performance shoe but has anyone tried these out? I know that NAPA sells Raybestos and that NAPA generally has good parts so I figured that the company is pretty good and legit I would still like to hear if anyone has bought the raybestos performance shoes for the rear drums
p.s. one dude never heard of shoes, must be really young or focuses on the cosmetics, no offense man!
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Old 09-08-2004, 10:17 PM   #9
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Re: brake upgrade?

never heard them called shoes. ive always called them brake pads. ive heard people from the hood call their rims "shoes".
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Old 09-08-2004, 11:11 PM   #10
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Re: brake upgrade?

i've heard them call their rims..."grown men" because...22's and 24's are ...in age...grown men? i got 17's so i've got teens...?right??
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Old 09-09-2004, 12:52 PM   #11
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i guess ive got teens too with the 18's
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Old 09-09-2004, 08:47 PM   #12
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Re: brake upgrade?

go to tirerack.com they usually have the best deals. they evn have performmance shoes for our drums!
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Old 09-09-2004, 10:28 PM   #13
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sorry i dont have drums. good website though
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